She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are a middle-road liberal, and you haven't the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want -- and what I want now is a drink.

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.

People will buy anything that is one to a customer.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.